Published in 2025
276 pages
6 hours and 25 minutes
Bree Groff is a leading voice in the future of work and company culture and has delivered dozens of keynotes globally from Stockholm to Vancouver to Lima to Zoom.
Bree’s clients at SYPartners have included Target, Pfizer, Microsoft, Calvin Klein, Alphabet, JPMorgan Chase, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hilton, and Stripe among others. Previously, she was the CEO of NOBL Collective, an organizational design consultancy pioneering new ways of working. She holds an MS in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. In a previous career she was a high school math and physics teacher, and before that, a highly unsuccessful actor.
Today, she is focused on ushering in the future of work such that people have better days—especially M-F. She lives in NYC with her husband and daughter.
What is this book about?
A refreshing and unconventional take on the world of work.
Perfect for fans of Brené Brown and Cal Newport, Today Was Fun challenges the notion that professionalism means being buttoned up and overworked and provides seven key rules for better days at work and in life.
Bree Groff weaves together personal anecdotes, research, humor, and practical wisdom, outlining a compelling vision of modern workplaces that make people feel human and alive. Groff provides concrete strategies for implementation, from Do Nothing Days for inducing brilliant work to building a Portfolio Life that ensures work remains only one of many fulfilling things we do.
An irreverent guide for a rising generation of leaders, Today Was Fun is poised to spark vital conversations about how we spend our days and to drive real change in organizations—promoting a fuller, more joyful life both in and out of the office.
